Acts 14:23
New English Translation
23 When they had appointed elders[a] for them in the various churches,[b] with prayer and fasting[c] they entrusted them to the protection[d] of the Lord in whom they had believed.
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- Acts 14:23 sn Appointed elders. See Acts 20:17.
- Acts 14:23 tn The preposition κατά (kata) is used here in a distributive sense; see BDAG 512 s.v. κατά B.1.d.
- Acts 14:23 tn Literally with a participle (προσευξάμενοι, proseuxamenoi) rather than a noun, “praying with fasting,” but the combination “prayer and fasting” is so familiar in English that it is preferable to use it here.
- Acts 14:23 tn BDAG 772 s.v. παρατίθημι 3.b has “entrust someone to the care or protection of someone” for this phrase. The reference to persecution or suffering in the context (v. 22) suggests “protection” is a better translation here. This looks at God’s ultimate care for the church.
Acts 14:23
New King James Version
23 So when they had (A)appointed elders in every church, and prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
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Acts 14:23
English Standard Version
23 And when they had (A)appointed (B)elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting (C)they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
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